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Definition of Impotency
1. Noun. The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Helplessness, Impuissance, Weakness, Unpersuasiveness, Uninterestingness, Voicelessness, Paper Tiger, Ineffectiveness, Ineffectuality, Ineffectualness
Derivative terms: Impotent, Impotent, Powerless
Antonyms: Power, Powerfulness
2. Noun. An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate.
Specialized synonyms: Ed, Erectile Dysfunction, Male Erecticle Dysfunction
Generic synonyms: Infertility, Sterility
Derivative terms: Impotent, Impotent
Antonyms: Potence, Potency
Definition of Impotency
1. Noun. (dated form of impotence) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impotency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impotency
Literary usage of Impotency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"impotency is defind to be a [permanent] incapacity for sexual intercourse. ...
With regard to the moral causes of impotency thev do not concern a medical ..."
2. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"With regard to the moral causes of impotency, they do not concern a medical ...
Hence it will be necessary to point out the chief causes of impotency which ..."
3. The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"Several cases of impotency from this cause are related by Curling (op. cit. p.
... They are in a state of natural impotency— a condition which the Canon Law ..."
4. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, Giving the Law in All the States and by Frank H Keezer (1906)
"Curable impotency. 168. The defect must be one of copulation. § 160. In general.
§ 169. ... impotency must be alleged. 174. Time of instituting proceedings. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage, Divorce, Separation, and Domestic Relations by James Schouler, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1921)
"impotency. Alimony will be allowed only where the husband has been guilty of a
matrimonial offence and impotency is not such an offence ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Scotland Relative to Parent and Child and Guardian by Patrick Fraser Fraser, Hugh Cowan (1866)
"impotency. 1. On the ground of impotency, marriages have often been annulled (b) ;
but few cases have occurred where impotency was brought under ..."
7. Thirty-five Years in the East: Adventures, Discoveries, Experiements, and by John Martin Honigberger (1852)
"impotency. o. M. and E. 60. Too early ejaculation of the semen. ... Pud.
scm., seminal discharge during sleep, with voluptuous dreams. impotency and ..."
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